Doctor Who Vs. Silent Witness, Series 28

The latest run of BBC Studios' evergreen crime drama concluded last

night - it starred Emilia

 Fox (now the veteran of

over 200 episodes since

2004) and David Caves,

as doctors Nikki

 Alexander and Jack

Hodgson. The Home

Office forensic path-

ologists (based in

London's Lyell Centre)

were joined by new-

comers Maggie Steed

and Francesca Mills (as

Harriet Maven and Kit

Brooks). The ten-part

series featured a total of thirty-two Doctor Who cast and crew connections:

Exodus 20:17 (UK TX: January 6 & 7)

• Steed [born Baker] voiced Madamme Rana Zandusia for Big Finish's Mission to Magnus (2009)
• Mills voiced Bethany for Swipe Right (2024)
• Sam Gittins (Mayhew) voiced Helico for Transference (2023)
• for Sean Pertwee (DI Flynn) see Series 27 and for Steven Forrester see Series 12
• Amy Booth Steel (Greenwood) was Hyph3n in Orphan 55
• Delroy [Hugh] Atkinson (Manager) voiced Dav Christos/Therian Leader for Animal Instinct, Wadmore for The Avenues of Possibility (both 2019), Mike/Messingham/UNIT Soldier for Long Shot (2021), and Grayson for The Running Men (2024)
• Matthew Earley (Workman) was Man in The Bells of Saint John

Homecoming (UK TX: January 13 & 14)

• Zaqi Ismail (Singh) was Tim Lunn in Under the Lake and Before the Flood, and voiced John Hobshaw for Thin Time (2020), and Sardo for Masterful (2021)
• David Verrey (Morgan Jones) was Joseph Green MP in Aliens of London and World War Three
• Ellie Haddington (Meg) was Professor Alison Docherty in Last of the Time Lords
• for Andy Godbold see Series 16

Broken (TX: January 20 & 21)

• Sallie Aprahamian was also director of Arachnids in the UK and The Witchfinders
• Raj Ghatak (Shah) voiced Zendo/Emory for The Famished Lands (2019), Reader for Lost Property, Sanjit/Mugger for Wild Animals, Mison for Madquake, the Complex for Conflict Theory, Vikram for The Undying Truth, Boros for The Enemy of My Enemy (all 2020), Bradley /Horobin for The Blazing Hour, First Official for The Sincerest Form of Flattery, Vizier for Unfinished Business, Olaf Richter for Monsters in Metropolis (all 2021), Jenfold/Leader for Mind of the Hodiac, Monk/ Professor Klovis for Together in Eclectic Dreams (both 2022), Captain Sharma/Professor Sanjay Billimoria for Storm of the Sea Devils (2024), and Mohinder Johal for Flying Solo (2025)
• Nicky Goldie (Judge) voiced the Spillager Empress for Winter for the Adept, Valeria Hedone for The Fires of Vulcan (both 2000), Inquisitor Danby for Excelis Rising (2002), and Polk for The Moonrakers (2020)
• Kim Durham (Rose) voiced Abatan for The Ultimate Evil (2019), and Vale for Maelstrom (2022)
• Lisa Palfrey (was the Mum in Attack of the Graske, then voiced Mrs. Maloney for 1901: The Unknown Mirror (2025)
• for Tamzin Outhwaite see Series 15 and for Belinda McGinley see Series 12
• for Will Willoughby see Series 14 and Christina Low see Series 26

Vanishing Point (TX: January 27 & 28)

• Sunetra Sarker (Fiona) was Indira in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• Steve Oram (Jenkins) was Joseph Williamson in Flux
• Asif Khan (Patel) was Ramesh Sunder in The Woman Who Fell to Earth and Spyfall, and voiced Jay Roy for Power Cell (2016)
• Joshua Leese (Darby) was Single in Joy to the World
• Nikkita Chadha (Jodie) was Hologram Singer in Sleep No More
• Samila Kularatne (Emily) was Sandeep's mum in The Zygon Invasion

I Believe in Love (TX: February

• Kareem Alexander (Darby) was Jordan Lang in Lucky Day
• Scarlett Courtney (Sergeant) voiced Jessica Kelly/Kathy Kelly for Splinters (2022), and Arnica for The Curse of Time (2024)
• Matthew Aubrey (Bobby) voiced Gwyn Hughes for Black Thursday (2019)
• Dan Griffiths was also a stuntman on Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Fugitive of the Judoon, and Gunrunner in Smile
• for Karl Collins (DI Strong) see Series 12
• for Robert Lonsdale (Alex) see Series 14

Doctor Who Vs. Casualty, Series 16

Series regulars Adjoa Andoh, Derek Thompson, Cathy Shipton, Ian 
Bleasdale, Kwame Kwei Armah, Zita Sattar, and Will Mellor all returned

for the sixteenth season of BBC One's long-running medical drama -

shown from September 2001 to June 2002.

Joining the programme here were Dan Rymer (as Nurse Dillon Cahill),

Louise Brealey (student nurse Roxy Bird), Christopher Colquhoun

(registrar Simon Kaminski), Kelly Harrison (technician Nikki

Marshall), Martina Laird (paramedic Comfort Jones), Judy Loe (CEO Jan Goddard), Christine Stephen Daly (SHO Lara Stone), Simon

MacCorkindale (Dr. Harry Harper), and Emily Dormer (receptionist

Gilly). Robert Gwilym, Ian Kelsey, Jan Anderson, and Ben Keaton all

left during this year.

A repeat run of the series (now extended to forty episodes) began

on U&Drama today - it featured Sylvester McCoy, Noel Clarke,

Jo Martin, and a total of forty-eight other Doctor Who cast and

crew connections:

• Big Finish actor Glynn Sweet (Foreman) voiced Dexion for The Curse of the Daleks (2008), Professor Lyle Woodruff for Return of the Krotons (2009), Horgan for The Guardians of Prophecy, Paul Dessay for Wirrn Isle (both 2012), Elgin Vanser for The Brood of Erys, Harcross/Pheen-Tu/Flunkey for The Widow's Assassin (both 2014), and Sir Geoffrey Balsam for The Behemoth (2017)
• Christine Adams (Melanie here; Lou, 2006) was Cathica Santini Khadeni in The Long Game
• Joanna Monro (Maggie here; Debs, 2004) was Rega in Planet of the Spiders, then voiced Mrs. Moloney for The Entropy Composition, Johanna Bourke/Carlotta for Special Features (both 2010), Eleanor Naismith for The Man at the End of the Garden, and Time Eater for Chronoclasm (both 2011)
• Rachel [Joanne] Bavidge (Leanne) voiced the European Leader for The Defectors, and Seru for The Isos Network (both 2015)
• John [Patrick] Breslin (Arthur) was Captain James Munro in Spearhead from Space
• Charles Kay [born Piff] (Weinberg) was Julius Quilter in BBV Prod- uctions' Unnatural Selection, then voiced the Curator for Excelis Rising (2002)
• Alisdair Simpson (Dave) voiced Sir Francis White/David Ritchie for 1963: The Assassination Games (2013), Cleon for Mask of Tragedy (2014), Colonel Lifford for The Boundless Sea (2015), Sidney Wheeler/Field Marshal Brooke for Churchill Victorious (2018), Damadus for Return to Skaro (2020), Andor/Manning for Who Am I?, and Lord Varliss for UNIT: Nemesis (2022/23)
• Bernard [John] Holley (Clarke here; Larwood, 2014) was Peter Haydon in (episode 1 of) The Tomb of the Cybermen (a role reprised in 2015 for Big Finish's Return to Telos), and Axon Man in The Claws of Axos, then voiced the titular alien for The Feast of Axos (2011), Brother Phaedrus for Love and War (2012), and Karswell for The Transcendence of Ephros (2016)
• William [Michael] Ilkley [born Brown] (Dalton here; Kilbride, 2007; Lawrence in Casualty 1909, 2009) was Tim Bass in The Mark of the Rani
• Zoe Thorne (Jenny) provided the voice of the Gelth for The Unquiet Dead, and was the Toclafane Voice for The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords
• Chrissie Cotterill (Shirley here; Rosie, 2006) was Madame Vernet in Vincent and the Doctor and The Pandorica Opens
• Patsy [Jude Francis] Kensit (Charlotte here; Faye in Holby City, 2007-10)) voiced Mercenary for Kingdom of Lies (2018)
• Anna Barry (Jane) was Anat in Day of the Daleks, then voiced Juniper Hartigan for The Lure of the Nomad (2018), and Aether Beauregarde for The Lost Resort (2021)
• Christian [Louis] Cooke (Booth here; Becket, 2006) was Private Ross Jenkins in The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky
• Tom Smith (Simon here; Barber, 2005; Cooper, 2007) was the Host in Tooth and Claw
• Angel Coulby (Sally) was Katherine in The Girl in the Fireplace
• Niky Wardley (Louisa) voiced Tamsin Drew for seven audio advent- ures (from Situation Vacant until To the Death), then Rebecca Young for Technophobia, Hannah Bennet for School of Blood (both 2016), Natalie Morrison for Kidnapped! (2020), Iza for Resistor (2023), and was Receptionist in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Mark Anthony Brighton (Michael here; Marcus, 2005) was Colonel Albero in The Time of the Doctor
• David [Michael] Graham (Noga) provided Dalek voices for The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase, Mission to the Unknown, The Daleks' Master Plan, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, was Charlie in The Gunfighters, Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky in City of Death, Professor Valentine Parks in Weird Science, then voiced Shedgerton for The Defectors (2015), and Percy Till for Static (2017)
• Bridget [Joanna] Turner (Katia here; Mrs. Stirling, 2008; Barbara, 2010) was Alice Cassini in Gridlock
• Steven Wickham (Barry here; Prior, 2006) was an uncredited Soldier in The Caves of Androzani, and Gastropod in The Twin Dilemma, then voiced Dr. Samuel Holywell for Phantasmagoria (1999), Murranus for The Fires of Vulcan (2000), Ron Sharpe for The Tao Connection (2002), Victor/Joseph Farrison for The Dark Flame (2003), Valyes for Gallifrey (2005-13), Uviol for Red (2006), Harom for Urban Myths, Soldier for Son of the Dragon (both 2007), Garm/Master of Karn for Seven Keys to Doomsday (2008), Gavin Walker for The Veiled Leopard (2013), and Grisk/Venorg for Memories of a Tyrant (2019)
• Richard [Crispin] Armitage (Parker) was cast as Rassilon for Time War 4 (2020) and Goth Opera (2024)
• Dominic Mafham (Mike here; Sands, 2006) voiced Moran for The Jigsaw War (2012), and Chidak for The Dalek Contract and The Final Phase (both 2013)
• [Anthony Frederick Charles] Tom Adams (Dr. Spiller) was Commander Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep
• Sara Carver (Mrs. Dixon here; Yvonne, 2007) voiced Andrea Winnington for UNIT (2004/5), the Khellian Queen for Three's A Crowd (2005), Kim Kronotska for Memory Lane (2006), Kadiatu Lethbridge Stewart for The Final Amendment (2007), and Sylvia for City of the Daleks
• Mina [Mumtaz] Anwar (Shelley) was Gita Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Farewell, Sarah Jane then reprised for Rani Takes on the World (2023), and Goodthing in Smile, then voiced Kurdi for The Rise of the New Humans, Varda for Empress of the Drahvins, Forsetti for The Trial of a Time Machine (all 2018), Horl for Tick Tock World, Valerie Pritchard for The Survivor (both 2019), Betty for Ghosts (2020), Joshi for Echoes of Extinction (2021), Narrator of The Beast of Scar Hill (2023), Kavita Aradhana for Broken Memories, and Rolko for Morbius 1 (both 2024)
• Michael [David] Praed [born Prince] (Meredith) voiced Slyde for The Dark Flame, andJohn Ladiver for The Curse of the Daleks
• [Deborah Ann] Stirling Gallacher (Michelle here; Selena, 2012; Sally, 2014) voiced Isobel for The Dispossessed (2018)
• Shelley Conn (Daljit) voiced Asha Qureshi for Situation Vacant (2010), and Tina Drake for The Gates of Hell (2021)
• Alan [Grey] Mason (Hallett here; McGowan, 2005) was Corporal Nutting in The Silurians
• David [James] Bamber (Dr. Campbell here; Kingston, 2014) was Captain Quell in Mummy on the Orient Express, and voiced Emperor Constantine for The Council of Nicaea (2005), and Colonel Ulrik/ Whitmore for The Four Doctors (2010)
• Mark Lockyer (Ray) voiced Sir Walter Raleigh for Voyage to the New World (2012)
• Nicholas Khan (Jez) voiced Jimmy Lynch for The Sinestran Kill, Dalia for Collateral (both 2019), Jillix for The Sins of Captain John, Stubbs for Thin Time, Alexander Marfleet for The Flying Dutchman (all 2020), Vez/Kol for The Ark (2023), Shalvar for Coda, and Kwest/ Androids for Reflections (both 2024)
• Toby [Richard Edward] Sawyer (Wood here; Embleton, 2007) voiced Daniel Applewhite for The Wishing Beast (2007), and Baalaka for The Cradle of the Snake (2010)
• Jonathan Watson (Shears) was Commander Ritskaw in The Halloween Apocalypse, Skaak in War of the Sontarans, and Commander Stenck in Survivors of the Flux and The Vanquishers
• Lisa Palfrey (Melanie) was the Mum in Attack of the Graske
• John [David] Bennett (Ray) was General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs, and Li H'sen Chang in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
• Bridgitta Roy (Pharmacist) voiced Dr. Throne/Opis PA for Far From Home (2023)
• Josephine Lloyd Welcome (Alison here; Akhila, 2022) was Devika Babu in Wish World
• Matt Green (Student here; Monmouth, 2008) was BBC Reporter in The Star Beast
• Irvine Iqbal (Ron) voiced Singh for Redacted: Spaceman, Host for Harvest of the Krotons, and Stanley Kim for Dead Man Talking (all 2023)
• Andrew French (Terry) voiced Brother Voss for The Curse of Time (2024)
• Paul [Douglas] Cornell was also writer of Father's Day, Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Scream of the Shalka
• Jeremy Webb was also director of The Curse of the Black Spot, The Wedding of River Song and Death is the Only Answer
• Marcus Prince was also production manager on Tooth and Claw, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Idiot's Lantern, Fear Her and Torchwood
• Gary Norman was also the grip on twenty-five stories (from A Christmas Carol to The Day of the Doctor)